Functions and consequences of play behaviour in juvenile Belding's ground squirrels

Agriculture & Biology

• play activities 100%
• ground squirrels 89%
• motor development 56%
• body fat 27%
• yearlings 19%
• life events 12%
• Spermophilus 12%
• nondestructive methods 10%
• young animals 10%
• animal behavior 9%
• energy balance 9%
• litters (young animals) 8%
• reproductive success 8%
• weaning 7%
• summer 5%
• energy 5%
• testing 3%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• fat 18%
• rate 9%
• weaning 8%
• animal behavior 8%
• reproductive success 7%
• energy balance 5%
• litter 5%
• energetics 5%
• young 4%
• animal 4%
• summer 3%
• energy 2%
• test 2%
• method 1%